Torres was last seen on Friday in Laredo, according to Facebook postings. A search campaign by La Gordiloca News Facebook page in Laredo to locate Torres was called "Saving Private Torres" and Priscilla Villarreal, aka, La Gordiloca says, she spent at least $100 in gas to help find Torres.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
June 20, 2022
Zapata, Texas - On Monday, family and friends confirmed on social media that Mark Steve Torres, 26, an Army National Guard member has been found safe. Torres went missing since, Friday, June 17, 2022, according to his wife Ashlea Caroll-Torres, who confirmed in her Facebook account that a missing person report was filed on Sunday.
Torres failed to report for formation (duty) in the Texas National Guard in Zapata and an all out missing alert was triggered in social media in an attempt to locate him. Apparently, Torres received information that his wife and family members were out looking for him and he contacted authorities (Texas Departmentof Public Safety) to say he was well.
Torres will definitely have to explain his brief AWOL (Absent without official leave) from the Army National Guard duty.
Authorities from the Laredo and Zapata had launched a search alert for Torres.
No further official details have been released in the missing case, other than he was out partying and has been located safe just after 5:30p.m. on Monday, according to a friend.
According to Lagordiloca News on Facebook, Torres showed up at a local hospital in Laredo. Torres told law enforcement investigators that included Army military and Laredo police that he was allegedly kidnapped in the Westside of Laredo (Canta Ranas neighborhood) for several days and was then released at a street (unkown location) in Laredo where he decided to walk to the nearest hospital. He was later released from the hospital and investigators have been interrogating him to determine what actually occurred and if anything that Torres says can be confirmed.
On Sunday, a birthday video posted Sunday, June 19, 2022 on Tic Tok shows Torres with multiple tattoos doing what is called dirty dancing with several females. Torres' tattoo on his upper left arm, which identifies him, according to photo his wife posted on her Facebook in a vehicle showing the similar tattoo with a short sleeve t-shirt. The video was posted by @yartizasalinas12 for a 25th Birthday bash.
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